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Youth sports for week ending Sept. 26

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The two league leaders met Friday Night at Narcissi-Testa Field, and the game did not disappoint. Thirteen year old Kyle Rozell laid down a perfect suicide bunt to score Brennan Baraban with the only run of the game as the Dodgers took over First Place with a thrilling 1-0 victory over the Red Sox. Tommy Mazzariello, Ray James, Nick Corbani, and Malik Hickerson threw the shutout for the Dodgers, benefiting from solid defense. The Red Sox put on a rally, and got the tying run to third in the seventh, but Hickerson closed out the win.

Royals 10 Dodgers 2

The Royal brought themselves to within one game of the league lead with a 10-2 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. Conor Lindsay, Adam Chmielewski, Marcus Browne, and Jordan Herbstman combined on the mound for the Royals. Justin Kuehn and Chmielewski provided defensive support, and Kuehn chipped in three hits and four RBIs.

The Rohnert Park Warriors handed the Pintos their first loss of the season. The Warriors defense swarmed the Pinto running backs making it difficult to gain yards on the ground. Even so, Jahmal “One Play” Changeux scored three touchdowns. Changeux showed true leadership and toughness battling for every yard and never giving up. Quarterback Matthew Sargent completed two tough passes under pressure, including one swing pass to Changeux who ran for a 65-yard touchdown. Tight end John Kosta and receiver Max Lucchesi made outstanding catches. Although they did not out-score their opponent, the Pinto offense worked hard and never stopped trying to get into the end zone.

The Pinto defense faced a large offensive line and powerful offense. The Warriors fullbacks and receivers were skilled at downfield blocking and were able to create outside lanes for their running backs. The Warriors runningbacks had stellar speed. However, the Pinto defensive line led by defensive ends Zachary Cunningham and Isiah Henderson were able to stop most of the runs up the between the tackles. Cunningham got off the ball quickly and was able to sack the Warriors quarterback twice. Defensive tackle Kai Peterson and linebackers Colby Jacques and Joe Abell also had an outstanding game. Jacques, Peterson and Abell made multiple tackles and never stopped pursuing the ball.

Although the Pintos were not victorious, they were able to make some outstanding plays and never gave up. They fought a good fight against a truly outstanding Warriors team.

Having relinquished the lead away to Bay Oaks of Alameda to tie 1-1 in their first game of the season on 9/11, Central Marin Arsenal U12 Boys Premier team were hoping to make amends as they played two home games during the weekend of 9/18 & 19.

Within the U12 Boys category, Norcal Soccer has created a Premier League combining the strongest teams from Districts 2,3,4 & 5 into one Premier League. The CM Arsenal team qualified for this league following strong performances in last years State Cup and League Play and is looking forward to playing the best teams in Northern California on a weekly basis.

Diablo of Concord were league visitors to Redwood HS on Saturday played out under grey skies on the expansive turf field. Despite taking an early lead following a viciously swerving 25 yard direct free kick from Jack Elders, CM were unable to capitalize and allowed Diablo back into the game. Shortly before halftime Diablo created a one on one attack in which the Diablo forward did exceptionally well to finish, 1-0 to Diablo.

Into the second half, CM continued to push forward with attacks from Gary Root, Stefan Jung and with Brannon Dwyer holding up the ball well. Despite this, CM werent firing on all cylinders, lacking the crispness and vision of passing that weve come accustomed to. Unfortunately, this was to prove telling as Diablo made the most of their chances to establish a 3-1 lead and then score another shortly before full time. While the 1-4 score line somewhat overemphasized Diablos performance, there were no complaints on the day.

Onto Sunday and Hall Middle school where CM played hosts to Castro Valley from the East Bay in the first of the State Cup qualifying round games. Anxious to exorcise the memories of the previous day, Coach Breslin made a number of line up and positional changes and along with a greater determination from the players looked a much more potent force.

Half way through the first half Logan Breslin made a run to the left wing, cut back and delivered a deep cross to the far edge of the penalty area where younger brother Devon pivoted and executed a technically superb volley into the bottom left hand corner to open his account for the season. Further misery for Castro came as Stefan Jung released James Ingledew to cross over the keeper for Pete Carroll to slam into the back of the net from close range. At this point, and with CM midfield pair of Sean Grant and Jack Elders pulling the strings, and Nick Clarke secure in goal, expectations were high for more goals. The script didnt quite work out that way as CM gave away a free kick outside the area and the Castro Valley number 5 crashed in an utterly unstoppable pile driver from 24 yards rising as it hit the back of the net making it 2-1 to CM at the interval.

The home team came out strongly in the second half and almost extended the lead after Pete Carroll cut in from the left for Jack Elders to shoot narrowly wide. Castro refused to lie down and grabbed a headed equalizer from a corner, leaving the game tied and setting up a grandstand finish in which CM werent to disappoint. James Ingledew won the ball in midfield releasing Pete Carroll on a run that evaded multiple challenges and just as it appeared that hed over hit the ball, managed to guide it past the oncoming keeper to take the lead. It was edge of the seats stuff for the remaining 5 minutes as the CM defense comprising Danny Jennings, Sean McKeough, Andrew Boosalis and Jack Daffern held fast to record a State Cup win, and perhaps more importantly, get the first win of the season under their belt. Final score 3-2.

The Ponys offense led by quarterback Colin Hickey had an outstanding day. Hickey had a great day running the ball. He ran for two of the Ponys four touchdowns. Hickey and Mitchell Timberman’s ability to throw accurate passes was a key weapon in todays game. They completed passes to receivers Jacob Jossart and Caden Francischini Running back Roman Jacques was able to turn the corner and run to the outside for several large gains. Jacques scored the other two Pony touchdowns Jacques and Hickey benefited from excellent blocking by the offensive line and receivers. Linemen Matt Lauchenauer, Cole McCue, Peter Brown, AJ Wright, Jimmy Lamerdin, Hamilton Darwin, Noah Prochnow and Josh Savona were able to stop the Phantoms defense from getting in the backfield and opened up holes for Jacques and Hickey all game long.

The Pony’s defense made several big plays when it counted. Linebackers Anthony Marino, AJ Wright and Roman Jacques were in the backfield all day long breaking up plays and making tackles. Colin Hickey was able to get by the Phantoms offensive line and sack the quarterback. Defensive linemen Matt Lauchenhauer, Matt Lawson, Joey Ryeff, Oryon Atualevao, Jason Weber and Jakob Blyshack created a stone wall that the phantoms backfield could not breakthrough. Defensive backs Flemming Anderson, Mitchell Timberman, Samantha Boyd and Beau Thompson stopped the outside run and made several key tackles.

A great game was played by both teams. In the end, the Ponys worked together and were able to win their third game of the season.

The Pintos were in full gallop against the Phantoms, with every player contributing to the win. On offense, running back Colby Jacques opened the game with a 65-yard touchdown run and added an extra-point. Quarterback Matthew Sargent proved to be an offensive weapon attacking by air and ground. Sargent ran for a 35-yard touchdown and completed four passes including a touchdown pass to wide receiver Will Hickey. Jacques, tight end Jason Browne and wide receiver Jacob Dillon caught his other passes in key situations. Wide receiver Max Lucchesi caught a beautiful halfback pass from Jacques and ran it nearly 30 yards for a touchdown. Fullback Dante DiMare led the Pintos rushing attack, carrying the ball on many running plays, running for an extra-point, and delivering superb blocks. The entire offensive effort was made possible by the outstanding play of linemen Hayden Walker, James Landis, Tyler Guin, Josh Jossart, Anthony Ratto, Shaun Samuel, and Peyton Proffitt.

Not to be outdone by their teammates, the Pintos defense played tough football shutting out the Phantoms. Linebacker Jahmal Changeux was a tackling machine, breaking up play after play. Linebackers Joe Abell, Riley Erickson and Tyler Marvier also made many tackles making it impossible for the Phantoms to run the ball to the outside. Pintos cornerbacks Lincoln Sissel and Tim Pontes protected against the Phantoms passing game while defensive linemen Zachary Cunningham, Nick Lamerdin, Michael Lamerdin, Will Roca, Andrew Pech, Billy Plummer, Jake Hughes, Kai Peterson, Bryce Duncan, and Isiah Henderson tackled the Phantoms for negative yardage on multiple consecutive plays.

The Central Marin Storm U-19 Girls team won the championship at the Bob Fowler Soccer Tournament in Concord on Sunday. Playing four games over two days, the Storm shut out all the competition anchored by goalie Tory O’Dwyer, backs Alyssa Draper, Brooke Kamler, Cynthia Galvez & Molly Tracy. Diana Escobar scored four goals (including a hat trick). Caitlin Beckerman and Martha Ramirez drove home goals as well. This was the 2nd year in a row the Storm won the 8 team competition.

The Mill Valley under-11 girls soccer team won third-place medals at a tournament in Fremont Sept. 25-26, bringing home hardware for the third consecutive tournament.

The Rockers finished dramatically, winning a penalty-kick shootout 4-2 to decide the consolation game after tying the match 1-1 in the final two minutes on a goal by Sara Young.

The Rockers opened the weekend with a 0-0 defensive battle against Diablo Azzuri. In their second game, Mill Valley out-dueled a Santa Clara Sporting team 2-0 on goals by Sengen Meyer and Kira Cross.

The Rockers lost their third game to another Santa Clara Sporting team 2-1, with Sara Young contributing the teams only score.

That set up the consolation-game rematch against Diablo Azzuri, and this time the Rockers prevailed. Mill Valley fell behind 1-0, tied the game late, then scored on four of five tie-break penalty kicks while Mill Valley goalkeeper Coco Lemberg blocked two from Diablo strikers, negating the need for a fifth Diablo kick.